Copthorne Hundred

The meeting point has been suggested to be marked by an earthwork and ancient hedge at the southern end of Woodcote Park, Epsom, close to Langley Vale.[2] In the Domesday Book, the settlements of Ashtead, Fetcham and Mickleham were included in the Wallington (hundred); but the county historians cited by the Victoria County History of 1911 as having examined the Patent Rolls and similar state collections of deeds, royal letters and documents, such as Owen Manning and John Aubrey, agree that this was a mistake.[5] In present terms Epsom, Leatherhead and Ewell are almost uniformly called towns: for example at the county level of local government when it considers service provision and population analysis[6] — the first two were granted market town status in the Middle Ages.[2] The Victoria County History, based on ecclesiastical records, states that these were its parishes: Copthorne was a royal hundred (to the extent its overarching overlordship affected the manors and common land)[clarification needed], and remained in the hands of the Crown, though James I of England leased it for 21 years to Thomas Jenkins in 1617.Copthorne was a hundred (these are not in the Domesday Book's map of the county, which focuses on the main unit, manors).